Joshua 4 (excerpts) Since near the end of May, it feels like all I, all we, have been doing is marking various milestones. Late spring tends to be the time in our SJMC worship cycles that we do lots of milestones and rituals. That is normal and good, but this year, it feels
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Hidden Acres Camp 2 Corinthians 5:16-20 A few weeks ago, when I was meeting with you Ana Joy, to talk about your desire to be baptized, I asked at one point if there was a theme or image you would want for your baptism. Others have used a stone altar, or the light
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Scott Morton Ninomiya Once in a blue moon I preach here at SJMC and today that is literally the case in the astronomical sense (it just happened at 4:45 am). I’m so happy to be here, a prodigal son returned to preach at his own church for once. Today I’ve been invited to
Peace Through Truth: Mennonite Residential School Healing Read More »
‘Welcoming’ Peace in Pentecost Acts 2:1-21 The Acts 2 story of Pentecost has not been one of the traditional scriptures Mennonites have turned to when we talk about our Peace position. We turn to the Sermon on the Mount, to the Gospels, to Romans 12, and even to some of the Old Testament
Dialogue #1 – Mark Diller Harder and Don Penner Genesis 18:1-15 (Mark and Don go up on stage and sit on two stools. Have a dialogue) Mark: So Don, this service and the Scriptures we are using evolved in a different way that I had first imagined – maybe a bit like this
April 19, 2026 – Peace in our Time: Grounded in Peace Read More »
John 12:12-27; 19:16b-22 Dramatic Reading (sermon part 1) What a week it was. I saw people starting to line the streets one day and soon heard the crowds get louder and louder. As I elbowed my way to the front, I saw a man riding on a donkey. Most people were waving palm
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